Homicide investigation near South Lake Union

A man was found dead in a South Lake Union construction area early Saturday morning, and Seattle police are asking for tips in the homicide investigation.

The man was found in a fenced-in construction area shortly after 3 a.m. in the 1000 block of Valley Street.

Police had been to a rented space in the block earlier Saturday morning for a report of shots fired. There was a private event at the rented space, but people interviewed by officers said he didn’t know anything about a shooting, according to a department spokesman.

Investigators found nothing suspicious. The construction area where the dead man was found hours later was fenced-in.

Police are asking anyone with information to call the homicide tip line at 206- 233-5000

Investigators have not release the man’s name, pending family notification.

The homicide is the ninth in Seattle this year and the second in August.

The last case happened Aug. 3, when Shawn Edward Hall, 39, was shot to death in the 1400 block of South Hinds Street. Police say Lakesha Shaniel French, 30, killed Hall in an act of domestic violence and shot herself to death shortly after in Tukwila. Read more about that case here.